Treating diversity as common good ‘less help for black students’
Students fare better when campuses frame equity as quest for justice, Princeton analysis finds
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Polish pressure forces Holocaust historian to self-censor
Scholars fear threat of lawsuits is deterring academics from exploring Polish complicity in genocide
Bullying up: academic ‘incivility’ exerts heavy toll on deans
Senior scholars increasingly victims of gossip, muttering and insubordination, researchers say
Extra study time in lockdown ‘may have driven rise in firsts’
Universities UK and GuildHE say ‘unintended consequence’ of pandemic was less time for socialising, more time for studying
SDG badges for courses and students put sustainability at our core
Students want to learn more about sustainable development and feel prepared for the jobs of the future
Science, security ‘should work together on research risks’
Sectors should bury the hatchet and bolster each other’s intelligence capabilities, Australian paper suggests
SDGs are transforming ‘global academy’ from rhetoric to reality
Focusing on sustainable development is not an original strategy for universities in 2021, but if anything, that only increases the value of adopting the SDGs
UK parents ‘want children on vocational courses, not degrees’
Polling accompanied by call for Westminster government to set out more details of lifetime learning plans
Thinktanks ‘have stolen universities’ clothes’
Relying on academic research, thinktanks translate findings into the language of politicians and media, EUA president Michael Murphy argues – but not always accurately
Work to rule at Liverpool over ‘rank and yank’ cuts
Union threatens strikes and marking boycott after staff identified for redundancy based on research grant income and citation impact scores
